Joshua Shares
@shortkingofhearts.bsky.social
touchy, touchy
prickly fucks, teetering
on a knife's edge,
raging silent till a victim
is presented
an unwitting youth
an uninspired spouse
anyone breathing in the same room
some family just need the fight
and damn the health and sanity
of their kin
damn it all
damn them
#fight #vss365
prickly fucks, teetering
on a knife's edge,
raging silent till a victim
is presented
an unwitting youth
an uninspired spouse
anyone breathing in the same room
some family just need the fight
and damn the health and sanity
of their kin
damn it all
damn them
#fight #vss365
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
the humbling blow comes quick
through a knee, or into a kidney
hobbling your pretense of import
you were just another body put
to purpose
and purpose exhausts
above and beyond you
if you're not on the throne
you are chattel
no matter how useful
no matter how vital
just a piece
#humble ##vss365
through a knee, or into a kidney
hobbling your pretense of import
you were just another body put
to purpose
and purpose exhausts
above and beyond you
if you're not on the throne
you are chattel
no matter how useful
no matter how vital
just a piece
#humble ##vss365
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I give
to this world
warmth
kindness
forgiveness
smiles
in thanks
even though I was not always
given
even when I still don't
get
it is in my power to give
it is in our power to give
#gratitude #vss365
to this world
warmth
kindness
forgiveness
smiles
in thanks
even though I was not always
given
even when I still don't
get
it is in my power to give
it is in our power to give
#gratitude #vss365
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I give
to this world
warmth
kindness
forgiveness
smiles
in thanks
even though I was not always
given
even when I still don't
get
it is in my power to give
it is in our power to give
#gratitude #vss365
to this world
warmth
kindness
forgiveness
smiles
in thanks
even though I was not always
given
even when I still don't
get
it is in my power to give
it is in our power to give
#gratitude #vss365
I send love from my office,
feet away
I watch family, raucous,
enjoying everything I ever wanted
I remain
apart
and envy the painting;
can't touch
I can't touch
without disturbing the splinters,
tearing the picture,
hands bearing the spikes
of my crimes
against nature
and mankind
#regret #vss365
feet away
I watch family, raucous,
enjoying everything I ever wanted
I remain
apart
and envy the painting;
can't touch
I can't touch
without disturbing the splinters,
tearing the picture,
hands bearing the spikes
of my crimes
against nature
and mankind
#regret #vss365
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Joshua Shares
the call of the horn of war
cannot be re-
the bloodlust
the savagery
infuse every action of the
activated
we're lost now
department of long gone
peace
they're out for death now
and there can be no agreement
between the clear-eyed
and the red
only death can satisfy
and perhaps time
#recall #vss365
cannot be re-
the bloodlust
the savagery
infuse every action of the
activated
we're lost now
department of long gone
peace
they're out for death now
and there can be no agreement
between the clear-eyed
and the red
only death can satisfy
and perhaps time
#recall #vss365
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I've got memories
of felled trees and fire
of broken homes and desire
of a ruined world and its ruiners
and its inhabitants, all the same
I've got memories
of hands bigger than me reaching
of warmth and closeness
of love
all long lost
I've got a place I want to go back to
long gone
#memory #vss365
of felled trees and fire
of broken homes and desire
of a ruined world and its ruiners
and its inhabitants, all the same
I've got memories
of hands bigger than me reaching
of warmth and closeness
of love
all long lost
I've got a place I want to go back to
long gone
#memory #vss365
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I don't think I'm very boho
in my dress, pretty standard
but I mismatch my socks
and sometimes wear shorts
in the winter
I might be boho in my other
sensibilities, I flirt freely with
anyone and everyone;
it's fun
and I'm too conscious
to be capitalist
I think I'm doing fine
#boho #vss365 #poetry
in my dress, pretty standard
but I mismatch my socks
and sometimes wear shorts
in the winter
I might be boho in my other
sensibilities, I flirt freely with
anyone and everyone;
it's fun
and I'm too conscious
to be capitalist
I think I'm doing fine
#boho #vss365 #poetry
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
they followed
they followed him
it her
they followed up
they kept things going
kept the ball rolling
built momentum
and now doom is headed for a strike
not everyone needs a successor
not everyone needed
some things die
some deserve it
carry all torches and all things burn
#successor #vss365 #poem
they followed him
it her
they followed up
they kept things going
kept the ball rolling
built momentum
and now doom is headed for a strike
not everyone needs a successor
not everyone needed
some things die
some deserve it
carry all torches and all things burn
#successor #vss365 #poem
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
they followed
they followed him
it her
they followed up
they kept things going
kept the ball rolling
built momentum
and now doom is headed for a strike
not everyone needs a successor
not everyone needed
some things die
some deserve it
carry all torches and all things burn
#successor #vss365 #poem
they followed him
it her
they followed up
they kept things going
kept the ball rolling
built momentum
and now doom is headed for a strike
not everyone needs a successor
not everyone needed
some things die
some deserve it
carry all torches and all things burn
#successor #vss365 #poem
Reposted by Joshua Shares
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
I crave the wood, oh
to feast on trees
like the first men
big, burly, breaking
the broccoli from the trunk
and the women back in the caves
left behind to shrink, and eat only
the small leavings of trees
sad but so perfect, little dolls
a green world, and illicit
for now we burn
#illicit #vss365
to feast on trees
like the first men
big, burly, breaking
the broccoli from the trunk
and the women back in the caves
left behind to shrink, and eat only
the small leavings of trees
sad but so perfect, little dolls
a green world, and illicit
for now we burn
#illicit #vss365
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
a conjured vision bewitched them
their own delusion alluring:
gold, riches, wealth, women, men - objects to them
reality fell away, flesh became
could-be, money - never enough
their souls eroded in the storm of want
without any roots
they are wrong
they are wrong
#bewitched #vss365 #poem #poetry
their own delusion alluring:
gold, riches, wealth, women, men - objects to them
reality fell away, flesh became
could-be, money - never enough
their souls eroded in the storm of want
without any roots
they are wrong
they are wrong
#bewitched #vss365 #poem #poetry
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
a conjured vision bewitched them
their own delusion alluring:
gold, riches, wealth, women, men - objects to them
reality fell away, flesh became
could-be, money - never enough
their souls eroded in the storm of want
without any roots
they are wrong
they are wrong
#bewitched #vss365 #poem #poetry
their own delusion alluring:
gold, riches, wealth, women, men - objects to them
reality fell away, flesh became
could-be, money - never enough
their souls eroded in the storm of want
without any roots
they are wrong
they are wrong
#bewitched #vss365 #poem #poetry
let there be no consolation
no balm for their wounds
not a hint of mercy
as judgment pours down
the rain will come and it will
burn
let something good remain
and show it wasn't all
for nothing
I hope it wasn't all
for nothing;
I hope that something better
will grow
#vss365 #poem #poetry
no balm for their wounds
not a hint of mercy
as judgment pours down
the rain will come and it will
burn
let something good remain
and show it wasn't all
for nothing
I hope it wasn't all
for nothing;
I hope that something better
will grow
#vss365 #poem #poetry
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
in the room pressed to full
with people as sardines
thoughts poured out with sound
all around
I'm lonely I'm alone I'm suffering
help me care about me
let me care about you
I'm empty I want something to begin
I want it to end
the sardines deafly echoed
eachother's same cries
#vss365 #soliloquy
with people as sardines
thoughts poured out with sound
all around
I'm lonely I'm alone I'm suffering
help me care about me
let me care about you
I'm empty I want something to begin
I want it to end
the sardines deafly echoed
eachother's same cries
#vss365 #soliloquy
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
in the room pressed to full
with people as sardines
thoughts poured out with sound
all around
I'm lonely I'm alone I'm suffering
help me care about me
let me care about you
I'm empty I want something to begin
I want it to end
the sardines deafly echoed
eachother's same cries
#vss365 #soliloquy
with people as sardines
thoughts poured out with sound
all around
I'm lonely I'm alone I'm suffering
help me care about me
let me care about you
I'm empty I want something to begin
I want it to end
the sardines deafly echoed
eachother's same cries
#vss365 #soliloquy
disruption chic
silicon valley greed twisting faces
in disgust, and delight
eyes open to new flavors and veins
and hungering, to bleed them,
digital blood tasting like gold,
attention ambrosia to glut,
to metabolize into gain, and waste
the rush;
a world
a people
to burn
#chic #vss365 #dystopia
silicon valley greed twisting faces
in disgust, and delight
eyes open to new flavors and veins
and hungering, to bleed them,
digital blood tasting like gold,
attention ambrosia to glut,
to metabolize into gain, and waste
the rush;
a world
a people
to burn
#chic #vss365 #dystopia
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I don't use vespertine at work
it's not in my social lingo either
but it's a key word in my love language
a time for cuddling, to touch softly
and be touched
to restore what's been worn away
by the day - there's always something
I need hands that mold
while the sun sets
#vespertine #vss365 #love
it's not in my social lingo either
but it's a key word in my love language
a time for cuddling, to touch softly
and be touched
to restore what's been worn away
by the day - there's always something
I need hands that mold
while the sun sets
#vespertine #vss365 #love
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't use vespertine at work
it's not in my social lingo either
but it's a key word in my love language
a time for cuddling, to touch softly
and be touched
to restore what's been worn away
by the day - there's always something
I need hands that mold
while the sun sets
#vespertine #vss365 #love
it's not in my social lingo either
but it's a key word in my love language
a time for cuddling, to touch softly
and be touched
to restore what's been worn away
by the day - there's always something
I need hands that mold
while the sun sets
#vespertine #vss365 #love
she held my doors
held my hand while I stepped out
or down
pulled out my chairs
treated often, too
I don't know what memo she got
but damn was she chivalrous
it was nice
#chivalrous #vss365 #poem #poetry #irony #anotherworld
held my hand while I stepped out
or down
pulled out my chairs
treated often, too
I don't know what memo she got
but damn was she chivalrous
it was nice
#chivalrous #vss365 #poem #poetry #irony #anotherworld
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
she held my doors
held my hand while I stepped out
or down
pulled out my chairs
treated often, too
I don't know what memo she got
but damn was she chivalrous
it was nice
#chivalrous #vss365 #poem #poetry #irony #anotherworld
held my hand while I stepped out
or down
pulled out my chairs
treated often, too
I don't know what memo she got
but damn was she chivalrous
it was nice
#chivalrous #vss365 #poem #poetry #irony #anotherworld
oh yeah the date was great
yeah but like she was dark man
no not like goth like a fuckin optical illusion dude
I can't even describe it man
okay yeah I guess like a black fucking hole
I definitely felt myself falling into her
yeah no not as fun as it sounds but we have plans Friday
#aphotic #vss365
yeah but like she was dark man
no not like goth like a fuckin optical illusion dude
I can't even describe it man
okay yeah I guess like a black fucking hole
I definitely felt myself falling into her
yeah no not as fun as it sounds but we have plans Friday
#aphotic #vss365
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
it was raining gently
and I walked my dog
the one that likes the rain
some of the usual lights
were out, and we could only hear
the rain falling softly
it was like we were in
a different place, somewhere new
it was nice, peaceful
I don't think it meant
as much to him
but I'm glad he was with me
and I walked my dog
the one that likes the rain
some of the usual lights
were out, and we could only hear
the rain falling softly
it was like we were in
a different place, somewhere new
it was nice, peaceful
I don't think it meant
as much to him
but I'm glad he was with me
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
it was raining gently
and I walked my dog
the one that likes the rain
some of the usual lights
were out, and we could only hear
the rain falling softly
it was like we were in
a different place, somewhere new
it was nice, peaceful
I don't think it meant
as much to him
but I'm glad he was with me
and I walked my dog
the one that likes the rain
some of the usual lights
were out, and we could only hear
the rain falling softly
it was like we were in
a different place, somewhere new
it was nice, peaceful
I don't think it meant
as much to him
but I'm glad he was with me
our doom
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
our doom
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
measurable sins
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
measurable sins
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry